Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  Bell Charles Haney

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P.O. Box 38, Hominy, Okla 74035
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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 30, No. 2
Wednesday, January 10, 2001
Page 5

Bell Charles Haney

Mr. Bell Charles Haney of Yukon has passed from this life.  Mr. Haney full 
obituary will be in next week's issue of the Hominy News - Progress.
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The Hominy News - Progress
Vol. 30, No. 3
Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Page 5

Bell Charles Haney
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Bell Charles Haney passed into the arms of Wah-Ken-Tah Tues., Jan. 9, 2001 
at the age of 63.  He was born July 9, 1937 in Hominy, to Jess and Belle 
Big Elk Haney.

Bell Charles was initiated into the Osage ways in early adulthood with the 
help of his aunt, Grace Big Elk Crabtree, and remained firmly rooted in 
the Osage tradition for the remainder of his life.

He will be remembered for his generosity and guidance to friends and 
family and for his love of a good laugh, a good story and many late night 
discussions.

Bell Charles received his early education in Hominy and graduated 
Valedictorian from Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri in 1955.  
He went on to earn his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University 
of Oklahoma in Norman, graduating in 1961.  While attending OU, Bell 
Charles married Leona Mae Lott of Hominy.

After graduation he took a job with the Oklahoma Department of 
Transportation before accepting a position with the Federal Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, where his hope was to help all Native Americans.

His first position with the BIA took the family to Anadarko in 1964, with 
subsequent moves to agencies in Gallup, New Mexico in 1967 and Parker, 
Arizona in 1969.  Bell Charles transferred back to Oklahoma in 1873, 
settling in Yukon and serving at agencies in El Reno, Anadarko and 
Muskogee.  He was promoted to Superintendant of the agency in Palm Springs, 
California before coming home to Oklahoma and heading the Shawnee agency, 
which he retired from in 1991.

Bell Charles was preceeded in death by his parents, and brothers Wayne and 
Bill.  He is survived by his sisters Oney Kay of Kansas, Sharon of Edmond, 
brother Robert of Miami, and stepmother Aileen Haney of Hominy.

He also leaves behind his children, Cathleen Gibbany and husband Ken of 
Guthrie, Karen Fowler and husband Eric of Piedmont, Jesse Clayton Haney of 
Yukon and Quirt Charles Haney and wife Terry of Yukon and 11 grandchildren.

After retirement, Bell Charles settled in Yukon and traveled often to the 
homeplace in Osage County, where he will be laid to rest overlooking the 
land he loved.  Graveside services were held Fri., Jan. 12, 2001 at 10 a.m.
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